State Qualifiers
2023 Prequalifiers and Alternates
Last update: 2/22/2023 12:45 PM
Policy Debate
State Qualifiers:
Athena McDermott & Zoe Schurman - Garfield
Sam Schaible & Oliver Rowe-Bardeen - Garfield
Vincent Chen & Tavishi Gupta - Interlake
Terra Li & Fiona Impert - Interlake
Mahathi Coimbatore & Ria Iyer - Redmond
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
Lincoln Douglas Debate
State Qualifiers:
Isaac Crane - Seattle Academy
Sam Prosise - Mount Si
Brandon Luo - Newport
Katherine Shao - Mercer Island
Avani Bansal - Overlake
Blake Zou - Newport
Anthony Wang - Mercer Island
Wesley Gerrish - Woodinville
1st Alt. Richard Li - Bellevue
2nd Alt. Edmunda Li - Bellevue
Public Forum Debate
State Qualifiers:
Zubin Oomen & Jack Little - Eastside Prep
Clarence Guo & Daniel Jung - Interlake
Erik Alexander Vank & Musab Muhammad Chummun - Overlake
Raelin Engrav & Emma Lorimer - Eastside Prep
Neha Mahesh & Nikki Taleghani - Redmond
Ammar Ghouse & Caitrin Walker - Overlake
Jerry Li & Aileen Liang - Interlake
Stacey Gapesina & Samantha Silverman - Mount Si
1st Alt. Vihaan Venna & Luke Scott - Mount Si
2nd Alt. Sara Ikeda & Yuetong Zheng - Bellevue
Student Congressional Debate
State Qualifiers:
Mike Liu - Bellevue
Jiadong Gu - Bellevue
Bryan Zhu - Bellevue
Theodore Chapman - Overlake
Nikesh Woerner - Mercer Island
Kedar Chintalapati - Overlake
Neeharika Darbha - Redmond
Meera Singhal - Overlake
1st Alt. Connor Auld - Mercer Island
2nd Alt. Rachel Garton - Mercer Island
Worlds School Debate
State Qualifiers:
District II Squad 1: Fiona Li (Overlake), Catherine Liu (Overlake), Alice Y. Wang (Bellevue), Amy Zhang (Bellevue), & Ruikuan Zhu (Overlake) - Coach Robin Monteith (Overlake)
District II Squad 2: Lucy Dorer (Mercer Island), Luke Gollin (Mercer Island), Richard Li, (Bellevue), & James Young (Mercer Island) - Coach Lisa Weber (Mercer Island)
4A Dramatic Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Sanjana Katti - Redmond
Grace Wang - Redmond
Dina Bui - Newport
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
4A Duo Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Dylan De Leon & Colin Sarabosing - Newport
Ian Yu & Brandon Luo - Newport
Henglong Dang & Cassie Castro - Newport
Grace Wang & Mouktheka Vejendla - Redmond
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
4A Extemporaneous Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Varshinee Venkatesan - Newport
Uma Yaga - Redmond
Hezhen Qu - Newport
Ada Lu - Newport
Maggie Wang - Newport
Michael Gruman - Newport
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
4A Humorous Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Aakash Ghosh - Redmond
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
4A Impromptu Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Dylan De Leon - Newport
Jacob Chen - Newport
Ada Lu - Newport
Mariam Kazmi - Woodinville
Colin Sarabosing - Newport
Arman Abdollmohammadi - Woodinville
1st Alt. Nawang Sherpa - Newport
2nd Alt. Tharini Senthil - Newport
4A Informative Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Uma Yaga - Redmond
Alexa Wong - Newport
Xinping Yuan - Redmond
Eric Chang - Newport
Ayesha Khan - Redmond
Namrata Kanakapally - Redmond
1st Alt. Jake Happ - Woodinville
2nd Alt.
4A Original Oratory
State Qualifiers:
Xinping Yuan - Redmond
Serena Gao - Redmond
Elizabeth Zastavnyuk - Newport
Aakash Ghosh - Redmond
Rishit Behera - Redmond
Rosme Anish - Redmond
1st Alt. Aadya Rangole - Newport
2nd Alt.
4A Program Oral Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Tharini Senthil - Newport
Mouktheka Vejendla - Redmond
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
3A Dramatic Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Aneesha Needamangala - Overlake
Rachel Senn - Mercer Island
Aditi Dewangan - Interlake
Madelyne Masters - Bellevue
Meriel Seu - Bellevue
Amber Zhu - Interlake
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
Declined Bid
Jingyi Zhao - Bear Creek
3A Duo Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Oscar Moe & Jingyi Zhao - Bear Creek
Gwen Cable & Sophie England - Sammamish
Kiran Sinha & Mike Moe - Bear Creek
Cici Yang & Zicheng Zhou - Bear Creek
Catherine Liu & Sonja Larson - Overlake
Meriel Seu & Cece Wang - Bellevue
Aryanna Cerar & Addison Pietz - Sammamish
Ved Anand & Ruikuan Zhu - Overlake
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
Declined Bid:
Felix Yuan & Fiona Li - Overlake
Musab Muhammad Chummun & Muadh Chummun - Overlake
3A Extemporaneous Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Ammar Ghouse - Overlake
Luke Gollin - Mercer Island
Isaac Crane - Seattle Academy
Nikesh Woerner - Mercer Island
Ved Anand - Overlake
Douglas Stovall - Mercer Island
Ruikuan Zhu - Overlake
Fiona Li - Overlake
Avani Bansal - Overlake
Eldon Malloy - Bear Creek
1st Alt. Eric Lee - Mercer Island
2nd Alt. Lucy Dorer - Mercer Island
3A Humorous Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Richard Li - Bellevue
Fiona Wallis - Interlake
Oscar Moe - Bear Creek
Harshini Sakthinarayanan - Sammamish
Mike Mao - Bear Creek
Antonio Ji - Mercer Island
Eloise Graves - Bear Creek
Nathan Kwon - Bellevue
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
3A Impromptu Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Avani Bansal - Overlake
David Zeng - Bellevue
Caitrin Walker - Overlake
Meera Singhal - Overlake
Saibalaji Nagarajan - Interlake
Alex Moscibroda - Bear Creek
Richard Li - Bellevue
Sonja Larson - Overlake
Andrew Lin - Bear Creek
Luis De Torres Gonzalez - Bellevue
1st Alt. Gibson McIntosh - Seattle Academy
2nd Alt. Calieb Prescod - Bear Creek
Declined Bid
Izzy Pavamani - Bear Creek
3A Informative Speaking
State Qualifiers:
Carmen Spoonemore - Seattle Academy
Alexa Hayes - Sammamish
Payton Gergen - Bear Creek
Catherine Liu - Overlake
Ali Post - Sammamish
Emily Leung-Kaplan - Overlake
Maya Gheewala - Sammamish
Levi Walker - Sammamish
Meera Singhal - Overlake
Jiadong Gu - Bellevue
1st Alt. Aishwarya Agrawal - Interlake
2nd Alt. Eloise Graves - Bear Creek
3A Original Oratory
State Qualifiers:
Ellie Hong - Overlake
Caitrin Walker - Overlake
Edmunda Li - Bellevue
David Zeng - Bellevue
Aneesha Needamangala - Overlake
Carmen Spoonemore - Seattle Academy
Alice Y. Wang - Bellevue
Fiona Li - Overlake
Giya Agarwal - Interlake
Christopher Yu - Interlake
1st Alt. Clarie Zhao - Bear Creek
2nd Alt. Aishwarya Agrawal - Interlake
Declined Bid:
Meera Singhal - Overlake
3A Program Oral Interpretation
State Qualifiers:
Jingyi Zhao - Bear Creek
Aditi Dewangan - Interlake
Edmunda Li - Bellevue
1st Alt.
2nd Alt.
Key
* = competitor has qualified in three plus speech events for state